Crash and collect: Elderly woman mounts curbs and smashes into the front of a Coles

An elderly woman was miraculously left unscathed after smashing her car into the front of a Coles supermarket.

The incident unfolded outside of the store in Umina Beach in the Central Coast on Tuesday after the driver accidentally mounted the curb and crashed into the storefront. 

Photos of the scene show half of the driver’s white Nissan Pulsar inside of the store surrounded by shattered glass and fallen street signs. 

Photos of the scene show half of the driver’s white Nissan Pulsar inside of the store surrounded by shattered glass and fallen street signs

Pedestrians and shoppers were nearby at the time of the crash and narrowly missed, a witness said

A witness told the Daily Telegraph the impact was so loud he could hear the crash from a distance.

‘Our office is across the street and we hear this huge bang and crash of glass breaking that reverberated through the whole building,’ Gary Brown said.

‘She’s just missed going through the doors of Liquorland – it’s amazing nobody got hit – there were a lot of people around,’ he added. 

Mr Brown said Coles staff quickly arrived to help the driver as well as to make sure others weren’t injured by the falling glass.  

Police later arrived and blocked off the scene and the smashed car was eventually towed.  

Neither the woman nor pedestrians were injured in the accident.  

Police later arrived and blocked off the scene and the smashed car was eventually towed